Entering… 004
How to Use This Book… 005

Chapter 1: Preparing for a Sketch Trip

Preparing your travel notes… 012
Preparing for a Sketch Trip… 016
Urban Sketching Tips to Save Time… 022

Chapter 2: 30 Ideas to Fill Your Travel Notebook

Depicting the beginning of a journey… 030
1 Stopped plane… 030
2 Waiting Scenery… 032
3. In-flight view above the sky… 034
4 Various vehicles and scenery… 036
Collection 01 Vehicles … 038

Draw streets and buildings… 040
5 Street Scenes… 040
Street scene with 6 people… 041
7 Building with a frontal view… 042
Tutorial 01 Buildings … 043
8 Highlighting the building's features… 046
9 Distinctive Buildings… 048
10 Hanok … 050
11 Complex elements are 'omitted'… 052
12 Filling the area around the building with 'elements'… 053
Collection 02 Signs and Signboards … 054

Drawing a cafe… 056
13 Cafe Interior … 056
Tutorial 02 Cafe Interior… 057
14-kan production… 059
15 Complex Interiors… 060
16 Let's use various tools... 061
17 People in a Cafe… 062
18 Commonly Seen Character Postures… 063
19 cups… 064
Collection 03 Cup … 066
Collection 04 Cafe Props… 068

Draw a landscape with plants… 070
20 Natural Scenery … 070
21 Parks and Forest Trails … 072
22 Open Landscapes… 073
23 Trees of all kinds… 074
Collection 05 Simple Trees… 075
24 Bushes and Bushes … 076
25 Indoor Plants… 078

Draw food… 080
26 Create a food notebook… 080
27 A plate of food… 082
28 Commonly Used Food Expressions… 083
29 Sparkling Gloss… 084
30 Desserts… 086
Tutorial 03 Bread… 087
Collection 06 Snacks … 092

Chapter 3: A Sketch Journey with the Author

Kyoto… 096
Let's draw Yasaka Pagoda! … 106
Let's draw Togetsukyo! … 114

Osaka… 116
Let's draw Osaka Castle! … 122

Gyeongju… 124
Let's draw Cheomseongdae! … 130
Let's draw a cafe interior! … 136

Kacol's Notes… 138

A sketch journey is a journey to deeply experience the world,
It is a record that makes the moment special.

"Kakol's Urban Sketch Travel," which contains nearly 300 sketches drawn by the artist during his travels, is enough to make you feel the charm of travel through drawing on every page.
From checking in your luggage and waiting for boarding time to looking at the airplane, to the unique streets and buildings, to the small local cafe and a delicious meal, the scenes you encounter from the moment you start your trip unfold one by one.
As an influencer loved by 220,000 followers, her posts are full of everyday topics that people of all ages can relate to.
You can get a wide range of picture ideas, from trendy places like Point of View and Blue Bottle to quaint yet emotional landscapes like Euljiro and Seochon.
Sometimes, you can find moments when the author brings a little joy to someone's daily life through his sketches.
While waiting for coffee, a picture drawn on a postcard or paper cup becomes an unexpected event, making an ordinary day for two people like this special, like a trip.


This book provides an engaging overview of the preparation and entire process of a sketching trip.
Chapter 1 introduces the author's favorite pens and notebooks, helping you take your first steps on a light journey with minimal tools.
When faced with a blank notebook, it can be overwhelming to know what to write down. Chapter 2 presents 30 sketch ideas to help alleviate this worry.
It contains a variety of perspectives and materials, from everyday scenes that anyone can relate to to impressive landscapes encountered during travel.
In Chapter 3, we follow the author's travels to Tokyo, Osaka, and Gyeongju.
The emotions of the trip are vividly conveyed through drawings, photographs, and short episodes.

In addition, he generously shares travel tips to make your sketching journey even more enjoyable, as well as his unique expertise in capturing and drawing scenes in ever-changing locations. Five one-minute drawing videos, available via QR code, are a useful reference for the artist's drawing style.
For those just beginning urban sketching, this book will inspire them to fill the next chapter, and for those who want to preserve their travel memories for a long time, it will offer a new way to create through drawing.
Whether the painting comes first or the journey comes first, I hope that through this book you can experience the joy of recording and sharing your own story.